Expect the unexpected

After Ken O’Brien, general manager of BioHorizons UK and Ireland, had completed a similar charity cycle in 2016, in favour of DKMS, he intended – together with Paddy Bolger, managing director of Henry Schein Ireland – to lead a group of ten volunteers who planned to cycle the length of Ireland from Mizen to Malin on June 21-24, 2017 – a distance of about 600 km. But it turned out differently than expected. Due to personal reasons and various injuries, the team was reduced to just one – Paddy Bolger. Nevertheless, Paddy accepted the challenge and decided to start on Thursday, June 22 and to finish on Friday, June 23. After 22-hours of cycling in two stages of 10 and 12 hours each, at an an average pace of 26kmh, he successfully completed the course. Paddy was accompanied by Ken O’Brien in a support vehicle, driving closely behind to ensure his safety. The vehicle had a banner to raise awareness of DKMS and carried a spare bike, wheels and supplies for the two-day event.